Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2013

By comparison, LED headlights from Audi operate with significantly better energy efficiency—the low-beam lights only consume around 80 watts. The LEDs are maintenance-free and designed to last the life of the car. Audi is the first car manufacturer to be certified for this technology.

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Audi Fuel 2004 Light 255

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2013

The study — Total Cost of Ownership: A Gas Versus Diesel Comparison —was conducted for Robert Bosch LLC; the results were released at the 2013 Alternative Clean Transportation Expo in Washington DC. Highlights from the diesel-gasoline comparisons include: Total Cost of Ownership. —“Total Cost of Ownership”.

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Diesel Cost Of Gasoline Vehicles 262

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2018

By comparison, the average age of in-use cars increased, in absolute terms, from 9.5 Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Expenditures Survey show that spending on vehicle repair and maintenance has also increased in recent years. years in 2009 to 10.3 years in 2017. years for other light trucks to a high of 2.4

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2009 Vehicles Fuel Economy 2017 284

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2017

However, because Foothill Transit operates its BEB and CNG bus fleets differently, the efficiency results presented are not an apples-to-apples comparison. An apples-to-apples comparison of fuel cost—i.e., mi for the CNG buses—including scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. mpgge, equating to 4.34 gge for CNG.

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Fuel Economy Economy Fuel Maintenance 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2013

The new three-year lease includes no down payment, unlimited mileage, routine maintenance, collision coverage and 240 volt EV home charging station equipment (not including installation) from Leviton. Fit EV competitive lease comparison. Click to enlarge.

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Honda Rhode Island Price New Jersey 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

By comparison, aboveground air concentrations for all measured cities averaged just 16 ?g/m Dr. Gordon says he plans to investigate sources of subway station air contamination, such as exhaust given off by diesel maintenance locomotives; whipped-up dust from the remains of dead rodents; and poor ventilation as potential culprits.

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New York Philadelphia New Jersey New York City 418

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2013

They then combined these estimates with three- and five-year estimates for repairs, maintenance, insurance, fees and taxes from an outside data source. Similar to the three-year comparisons, five-year estimated fuel costs for diesel vehicles are less than those of comparable gas versions. Among their findings:??.

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Gasoline Diesel Vehicles Fuel Economy 247

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

Comparisons of type C buses have typically been centered on fuel economy. to conduct a head-to-head fluid economy comparison. In the comparison of fluid economy, the 2010 IC Bus CE Series with MaxxForce 7 consistently outperformed the competing buses with up to a 4.5% fluid economy advantage using TMC Type IV testing methods.

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Economy Fuel 2010 Fuel Economy 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2013

We project that electric vehicles will save the city $110,000 per year in reduced fuel and maintenance, costs that we would otherwise have to spend on gas-powered vehicles. Each of these vehicles are estimated to save the city $7,000 in fuel and maintenance over a three-year period.

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Houston Fleet Tax Credit Plug-in 312

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2012

For comparison, the United States uses 4,000 terawatt hours of electricity each year. The Energy Department estimates that there are more than 1,170 terawatt hours per year of electric generation available from wave energy off US coasts, although not all of this resource potential can realistically be developed.

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Hawaii Energy Conversion Renewable 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

While Russia holds significant leverage in influencing oil and gas prices, it pales in comparison to China’s position in several strategic industries critical to the energy transition, says report author Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy and materials at the Baker Institute. —Baker Institute report Need Nickel?

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China Energy Indonesia Power Grid 416

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Our research partnership with RBC will enable us to conduct a more in-depth analysis of EV costs in comparison with internal combustion engine vehicles by considering vehicle type, user behavior, and where the vehicle is purchased and operated.

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Michigan Gas-Electric Gas Battery 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2013

In addition to capital cost and electricity consumption, the analysis includes an indicative annual maintenance cost and utilization factor. Fueling cost comparison. For the cost analysis, ITM Power used a 1MW (446 kg/day) HGas Generation Module comprising 16 HGas electrolyzer stacks and associated balance of plant. 446 kg/24h.

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Hydrogen Cost Of Power Powered 311

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2012

According to the BMI study, while battery-powered vehicles are quickly making in-roads to this market, at major airports where baggage tractors run nearly continuously, time required for maintenance and battery charging requires costly backup equipment or results in loss of productivity.

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Commercial Fuel Power Powered 231

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2009

UPS van fuel economy comparison. Total maintenance cost per mile for the hybrid vans was of $0.140—8% less than the $0.152 for the diesel vans. The propulsion-related maintenance cost per mile of $0.034 for the hybrid vans was 5% less than the $0.036 for the diesel vans. Source: Lammert 2009. Click to enlarge. Eaton Corp.

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Fuel Economy Economy Eaton Hybrid 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2011

With the new calculator, which was developed by DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), car shoppers, small business owners, and fleet managers can make side-by-side comparisons between thousands of conventional, electric drive, and alternative fuel vehicles from model year 1996 and newer.

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Alternative Fuels Tax Credit Emissions Fuel 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2012

EVs offer advantages in terms of powertrain efficiency, maintenance requirements, and zero tailpipe emissions, the last of which contributes to reducing urban air pollution relative to conventional internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). This has led to a general perception of EVs as an environmentally benign technology.

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Gasoline-Electric Vehicles Coal Gasoline 309

Electrek

MAY 30, 2023

When it comes to motorbikes, there’s simply no comparison. The instantaneous torque and immediate power delivery makes for a more thrilling ride, while the lack of exhaust noise or smell (as well as significantly reduced maintenance and ownership costs) make their use more enjoyable.

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Porsche Electric Motorcycles Motorcycles Exhaust 138

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

This hazard is in part related to maintenance and design of public spaces, not to a collision with a vehicle. Create national pedestrian observatories and encourage international comparisons. Up to 75% of pedestrian injuries result from walkers falling in public spaces. It is underrated and frequently ignored.

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International Transportation Environment Legal 265

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2012

The report and its conclusions and recommendations are now in the process of being shared with a range of industry stakeholders including rolling stock leasing companies, train operating companies, fleet maintenance and overhaul firms and rail freight operators. Background.

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Diesel Fuel Gas Fuel Economy 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Laboratory and in-use fuel economy comparison. Source: NREL. Click to enlarge. higher fuel economy than the conventional tractors, resulting in a 12% reduction in fuel costs for the hybrids. The study also highlighted the importance of route selection and vehicle placement to optimize hybrid advantage—i.e.,

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Fuel Economy Economy Diesel Hybrid 262

Electrek

JULY 1, 2022

Answer: When the cost of buying or leasing an electric vehicle along with paying for maintenance and miles becomes less expensive than using a free gas car. That’s already been the case for years for high mileage drivers but with higher gas prices, we’ve now reached the point where the cost comparison is becoming more acute.

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Supplies Cars Maintenance Gas-Electric 127

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Turbine gearbox bearing durability is a key issue for wind energy providers, in particular for off-shore farms where in-service maintenance is both expensive and challenging. When fully developed, the new Ricardo bearing technology is aimed at providing a five-fold increase in bearing life in comparison with existing bearing technology.

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Wind Energy Universal Maintenance 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2019

The wing can morph to control the plane’s flight, and could provide a significant boost in aircraft production, flight, and maintenance efficiency, the researchers say. By way of comparison, rubber has a density of about 1,500 kilograms per cubic meter. Wing is assembled from hundreds of identical subunits. kilograms per cubic meter.

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MIT Engine Wind Lithuania 360

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2013

In comparison to detached houses, condominiums have more restrictions on the conditions for installations. Free maintenance support. A pipe shaft is a space to store water and gas pipes that runs vertically through condominium floors. The pipe shaft is usually located beside the entrance in many condominiums. Backup heat source.

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Gas Fuel Water Gas-Electric 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. Poor vehicle maintenance, misuse of lubricants, and adulteration of gasoline exacerbate emissions from these vehicles. Oh and Plante. Click to enlarge. —Faiz and Gautam (2004).

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Engine Emissions Fleet Market 329

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Is the electric truck cost-effective in comparison with the diesel truck? The comparison involved a 2011 Smith Newton electric truck powered by a 120 kW electric motor, and a 2006 Freightliner truck powered by a Cummins diesel engine. The comparison controlled for improvements in diesel efficiency between 2006 and 2011.

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Georgia Diesel Gas-Electric Electrical 268

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2013

Recent testing commissioned by GE Transportation and overseen by Ricardo found that GE’s Class 70 PowerHaul diesel-electric freight locomotive would save 18% of fuel in comparison with the Class 66 currently representing the majority of the UK’s locomotive fleet. Click to enlarge. g/kW·hr NO x ).

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Fuel Fleet Transportation 2012 220

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2011

And besides technical improvements, the systems will need to be built to last, using materials that are safe and durable so that batteries could operate more than 15 years and require very little maintenance over their lifetime. Carrying charges, operation and maintenances (O&M), and replacement costs are not included.

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Li-ion Energy Storage Grid Carbon 231

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2013

For example, the NO x reduction is predicted to be two orders of magnitude lower in comparison to a conventional SI engine with almost zero particulate matter emissions. Valves of this type can be applied to a wide variety of internal combustion engines.

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Engine 2001 Design Emissions 236

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2020

In comparison, the composite US freight line-haul fleet, which consumes 90% of the fuel in the rail industry, emits 8 g/bhp-hr of NO x while new CNG Class 8 trucks emit 0.02 In comparison, OptiFuel’s 4,300 RNG hybrid line-haul locomotive is expected to emit 0.04 g/bhp-hr of NOx, a reduction of 400 times. g/bhp-hr of PM.

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Grant Hybrid Ozone EPA 243

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2011

As a comparison for scale, in 2009, Linde executed a long-term contract with PdV Midwest Refining LLC to supply hydrogen to the company’s CITGO Lemont, Illinois, oil refinery using a new 1.27 The truckable plants have compact footprints and provide easy access for maintenance. kg of hydrogen per hour). (As Earlier post.).

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Hydrogen Standards New Jersey North America 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2010

NREL started a 12-month in-use technology evaluation comparing in-use fuel economy and maintenance costs of gHEVs and comparative diesel parcel delivery trucks in April 2009. NREL collected and analyzed data for in-use fuel economy and fuel costs, maintenance costs, total operating costs, and vehicle uptime.

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Fuel Economy Economy Gasoline Diesel 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2014

The auditors also physically visited the co-financed facilities, and the operating and maintenance centres. For each project, the audit team met the relevant stakeholders involved in implementing the audited projects.

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Transportation Financing Pollution 2006 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2010

The explosion and fire occurred while the unit was undergoing maintenance work. The Nelson Complexity Index assigns a complexity factor to each major piece of refinery equipment based on its complexity and cost in comparison to crude distillation, which is assigned a complexity factor of 1.0.

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Washington Alaska Seattle Oil 210

Teslarati

JULY 22, 2021

The EV Club of Connecticut completed a vehicle cost comparison analysis after the first year of ownership shows that, despite the additional initial cost of the Model 3, reduced maintenance costs, along with decreased customization needs for the Model 3, gave the department a savings of around $17,600. Reduced maintenance.

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Connecticut Tesla Maintenance Purchase 145

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2019

A side-by-side comparison of connected vehicle technology at 85 traffic signals in the Tuscaloosa, AL area showed that latency in delivering safety messages from roadside units (RSUs) to vehicles via dedicated short range radios (DSRC) and LTE cellular (C-V2N) was “approximately equivalent,” according to a study by the University of Alabama.

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Alabama Connect Connected Vehicles 191